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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1906
Page
3
School session opens in Mathews C. H. amid community notices of church moves and local travel. The column notes Rev C H Williams and family visiting relatives, with Williams aiding pro tracted services in Campbell County. other items include sales ads for a mare and a bed, medical tonics, a saw mill for sale, and townspeople visiting Norfolk and Richmond for business and leisure.
The writer notes a heavy seasonal rain with a general washout last Friday morning and hopes for clearing showers to help farmers save fodder. A railroad accident on Diges Wharf involved a freight car toppled by an unlevel track. damages include a damaged trunk and a water-soaked graphophone. Misses Staunton and Keen of Baltimore visit Mr Diggs. Services at St Pauls will be extended with Rev Allen assisting.
An old advertisement warns that ignoring Foley's Kidney Cure leads to kidney and bladder trouble. It asserts the product cures all disorders of the kidneys and bladder and cautions readers they are to blame if they do not use it.
Newport News resident Mrs. Lee Hopkins visited with Mrs. Henry Fox in the city Saturday. Miss Lucy Williams of Norfolk visits relatives in Mathews. Milton Billups and cousin spent Sunday with his parents. Robert Callis is very ill today. Louise Fox returned home after months with cousin Rufus Callis. Grace Marchant’s schoolmates sympathize over her illness. Mrs. John Hanley and her son are both sick. Mariah.
Hay fever sufferers may gain quick relief from Paley's Honey and Tar which claims to stop difficult breathing and heal inflamed airways. The genuine product is identified by a yellow package and is sold by S. & Richardson.
Mrs G W Trimyer remains dangerously ill. Miss Lizzie White shows improvement after illness. Mr M G Ransone suffers a serious elbow dislocation. Mrs Henry Riddick of Brooklyn visits. Mrs Clarence Foster visits Mrs J D White. Miss Virginia Deal returns to Norfolk due to her mother’s illness. Heavy rain has left roads in bad condition. Capt Laban Studgins was here yesterday to check on that matter.
New Jersey editor M. T. Lynch of the Phillipsburg Daily Post writes that Puley’s Honey and Tar is the best cough and cold medicine his family has used. It is offered for sale by I. Richardson.
Mr and Mrs Luther Machen and son of Norfolk return home after a pleasant visit to relatives in Mathews. Mrs Hollis Ward returns to Baltimore after ten days with Capt I D Ward. Mr Jackson Miller spends Sunday with Capt and Mrs J C Thomas. Mrs Lela Wright goes back to Churchland Virginia after visiting Math ews relatives. Sunbeam. oe
Mr Herbert Richardson and two sons from Richmond visited Mrs I M Dies on Monday. Mr and Mrs Henry Owens and her father visited at Mr Alex Owens. Capt C T Banks returned to spend time with family. Capt J F Brownley and family visited his father William Brownley. Capt A J Morgan left for Norfolk to resume duties on the tug Philadelphia. Capt J F Mudgins held a launching party for a naptha launch last Saturday evening with guests from Norfolk Baltimore Portsmouth and local residents. Mrs Willie Foster visited her mother Mrs Forrest on Saturday and Sunday. Miss Ethel White left for Norfolk after visiting Miss Estelle Diggs. Mr Sidney Diggs left for Baltimore after summer visits with siblings. Tom and Carroll Aton’ swe’ Jast Tue.
Mrs J Morgan reports Mrs Edward Diggs remains ill. Mrs Booker Morgan and daughter from Gwynns Island visit her father this week. Miss Ottie Forrest returns from a four week Island stay. Mrs Vara Forrest Mary Banks and Margaret Forrest depart Norfolk for home after visiting Mrs J H Forrest. Miss Ann Forrest accompanies them to Norfolk for several weeks.
At the county board meeting on April 18 1906 the board voted to hold an education mass meeting on October 4 1906 at the Tabernacle starting about 11 A M. Walter R Stoakes to invite Gov Claude A Swanson and arrange speakers. J F Hudgins and W R B Stoakes to handle arrangements and recruit participants with local officials and educators. The board aims for full attendance of teachers trustees and district officials and notes new Sept start for high and primary schools at Mathews with two teachers in each department and an eight month county session beginning Sept 24.
At the Westville School Board meeting the board adopted resolutions mourning KR B Gayle who has died. They expressed sympathy to his wife and family and prayed for consolation. The resolutions to be entered in minutes, sent to the family, and published in the Mathews Journal.
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